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Virgo’s Saturn (September 11, 2007 by Wisestars)
As Saturn moves into Virgo, I find myself strangely excited. Strangely, because excited is not the first feeling that usually comes to mind for astrologers when they muse on Saturn or Virgo. A more typical impression would involve Saturn words like: persistence, patience, commitment, fortitude, limitations and lessons. Virgo keywords tend to run along the same lines: organized, discerning, systematic and detail oriented.
Not quite a picture of verve, daring and excitement is it? Yet when we look at the roots of the sign of Virgo, excavating her tools from the depth of the past, a story emerges that is both intriguing and hopeful.
In this story, Virgo is poised to guide us towards exactly what we need to navigate the earth transitions we are currently experiencing.Virgo’s story begins long ago, arising from a Greek creation myth. The short form of the story is this: the god Prometheus created humans, and gave them fire. The other gods weren’t happy about these new life forms coming onto their turf, so they sent along a box disguised as a gift to the human Pandora. Pandora, as we all know, opened this gift from the gods and unleashed a tsunami of war, disease, and suffering. Only hope remained, and stupidly or bravely, we’ve been living on it ever since.
The unpleasant after effects of Pandora’s box led the gods to vacate their home on the earth and head towards the relative safety of the sky, where we know them today as the planets (Sun-Apollo, Moon-Artemis, etc. etc.)
Only one goddess remained behind and this was Astraea. Astraea brought an earthy form of justice to humanity. Her work was teaching humans how to live in harmony with the earth. Astraea taught humans about the changing seasons of nature, the flow of life cycles, and what is most essential to let go of for the sake of survival. This last quality can be seen in her association with innocence and purity.
Astraea was the very last of the gods to leave the earth for the heavens. She stayed behind to serve humans, teaching them what they needed to know about life on earth. Astraea’s mission was to acclimate humans to the earth plane, grounding them in their new world.
Astraea is the goddess that the sign of Virgo derives many of her qualities from. Virgo, in her highest form, holds the essence of Astraea’s gifts. These gifts are qualities that in modern times have been distilled down to these rather boring Virgo keywords: discriminating, service-oriented, humble and practical.
In Western culture, as we wrestle with a planetary psychology that is out of sync with the natural world, drowning in our own excess (which we had the chance to see clearly during Saturn’s recent passage through Leo), we find the possibility of respite in these Astraea/Virgo qualities.
Uranus’ current passage through Virgo’s opposing sign, Pisces, has been shaking up the roots and limitations of Virgo’s everywhere. There is a new kind of Virgo emerging, one that we can recognize in the incredible surge of interest in environmentalism and holistic health which has emerged in recent years. This embodiment of Virgo serves to create a bridge of connection between humans and the earth, to invoke and remind us of natural law, helping us discern what is necessary for a right relationship with our planetary home, and what we need to let go of in order to work with the laws of nature.
As Saturn settles into its Virgo home, the embodiment of this energy has a chance to ground itself, to display its mastery, to share and serve humanity as Astraea once did.
Now is the time for all those with Virgo in their chart to assess how they might best serve the flow of natural law, to purify themselves of self-criticism and censorship and invoke the graceful knowledge of Astraea.
The generation born from roughly 1966-1972 has Pluto and Uranus in Virgo and as such, is particularly positioned to powerfully manifest this energy. As Saturn begins to move forward through Virgo and conjunct this natal planetary alignment, this generation will likely feel a powerful pressure to provide Astraean-like service to the earth. Because Saturn, Pluto and Uranus can often communicate best through the medium of crisis and transition, some of this pressure may be experienced as challenging or overwhelming. The more that individuals can consciously direct their intentions and efforts towards practical service to the earth, the easier this transit is likely to progress.
The Saturn/Pluto/Uranus mix also promises to help reground the collective as a whole in the natural world, reminding us of the earth laws we are asked to follow here, and connecting us more deeply with the interrelationship between all forms of life: plant, animal and human.
Astraea, the goddess, promised to return to humans once they had learned a thing or two about living in right relationship with the earth.
Perhaps this Saturn transit through Virgo will open us up to receiving the divine guidance we need to navigate through this time of great transition.Wisestarsin blogi
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